Feb 03 DeVos moves closer to confirmation as education secretary By Maria Danilova, Associated Press Betsy DeVos moved closer toward confirmation as education secretary Friday after clearing a major hurdle in the Senate, even as Democrats and labor unions fervently sought another Republican vote against her. Continue reading
Feb 02 Experts don’t know how many students are prepared for college. Here’s why that matters By Sarah Butrymowicz, The Hechinger Report Experts say better data is needed to know if reforms are working. Continue reading
Jan 24 How can wealthy private colleges better serve low-income students? By Mikhail Zinshteyn, The Hechinger Report Nearly half of the nation’s wealthy private colleges and universities enroll so few Pell Grant recipients that they would rank in the bottom 5 percent of colleges enrolling such students. Continue reading
Jan 17 DeVos: Won’t dismantle public schools as education secretary By Maria Danilova, Jennifer C. Kerr, Associated Press WASHINGTON — In a sometimes contentious confirmation hearing, education secretary pick Betsy DeVos pledged that she would not seek to dismantle public schools amid questions by Democrats about her qualifications, political donations and long-time work advocating for charter schools and… Continue reading
Jan 06 Watch 3:27 The failure cycle causing a shortage of black male teachers By PBS News Hour Why are there so few black male teachers? Chris Emdin of Columbia University suggests that a cycle of failure haunts students and their teachers. Students act out, so teachers tighten the rules; more restrictions combined with dull and irrelevant curricula… Continue watching
Jan 03 Nationwide, state budget cuts disproportionately hit low-income, minority college students By Jon Marcus, The Hechinger Report States are disproportionately subsidizing schools whose students are wealthier, whiter… Continue reading
Dec 30 Few women run the nation’s school districts. Why? By Denisa R. Superville, Education Week Even though K-12 education is largely a female enterprise, men dominate the chief executive's office in numbers that look especially bleak given that the pool of talent is deep with women. Continue reading
Dec 27 More teachers’ union leaders come out against new student-discipline policies By Emmanuel Felton, Education Week Teachers in Fresno, California, and Des Moines, Iowa, have come out against their districts' efforts--following similar announcements in New York and Indianapolis--to reform how students are disciplined. Teachers are arguing that efforts to change student-disciplinary practices—largely in an attempt to… Continue reading
Dec 26 Q&A: Can teaching about religion reduce intolerance? By Vic Pasquantonio While the courts banned schools from preaching about religion decades ago, most school districts in the U.S. require students to learn about the world’s religions, a fact that most Americans don't know. Linda K. Wertheimer traveled across the country to… Continue reading
Dec 21 Bridging the town and gown divide By Jon Marcus, The Hechinger Report In a time of falling trust, colleges are reaching out to bridge the class and cultural divides that often exist between them and the surrounding neighborhood. Continue reading